Baby car seat/base fitting in truck

Hello and thank you so muchj for taking the time to read this. I'll first tell you the type of truck my brother owns, it's a 1999 Toyota Tacoma, smaller cab one. As a Christmas present to him and his wife we got them the chicco cortina travel system. When we were putting the system together, we decided to try to see if it would fit in the back of the truck. Well to our disappointment, it didn't. We are wondering if there is any way to manuiver the base to make it fit in the back of his truck, or if there is any type of adapter that we can get. He is on the thought path that he has to sell his truck, which he just paid off last month, and get an entirely new vehicle. I just wanted to make sure that he wasn't jumping the gun about buying a new vehicle. Thank you again for taking the time to read this, and please enjoy the rest of this amazing holiday season!
Elizabeth

To my understanding, the Chicco Cortina Travel System includes both the Chicco Cortina stroller plus the Chicco KeyFit car seat bundled together. I am then assuming that you are referring to the Chicco KeyFit car seat with the advertised dimensions of 22 x 17 x 24 inches. While the 1999 Toyota Tacoma (assuming the two door) has an advertised internal dimensions: rear headroom (mm): 902, rear hip room (mm): 1,349, rear leg room (mm): 691, and rear shoulder room (mm): 1,354 or 35, 53, 27 & 53 inches respectively. So technically it should fit. I believe the problem is making the KeyFit get passed the two front seats.A possible (but maybe not so practical) workaround you may want to explore:

before putting the KeyFit car seat, move the driver seat fully towards the front and fold the backrest forward;

move the passenger seat forward but the backrest laid down;

bring in the Keyfit rear first from the passenger side till it reaches the seat back of the driver;

turn the Keyfit to face front;

adjust all seats as best possible.

Of course another option would be to get a smaller replacement to the KeyFit rather than a replacement truck.

Still, it's just a few days after Christmas. Santa might still have something in store for you, your brother and the baby. Happy Holidays.

Well he doesn't need to sell the truck but you are going to have to find another car seat that will fit. Probably another brand that makes a smaller base. There are no other bases for this car seat so you will need to take it back if you can. Costco usually has a good selection and I think may have one that will fit. Can't say off hand which exact one but take some measurements in the backseat and go shopping with the tape measure. Good luck.

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Best bet is to buy it and take it to your local fire department or highway patrol. Here in California the CHP, California Highway Patrol will attempt the install for free, they are trained to do so. If the officer says no then the reality is that you may want a new car. Graco seats are great and the size of seats are similar across brands. Good Luck

HiIt sounds as though you have an original Creatis carseat not the CreatisFix. The original Creatis carseat is not compatible with the CreatisFix base and is fitted into the car using the 3 point seatbelt only. We would recommend you return to the shop where you purchased the item to discuss this issue further with them.

Thiers gearboxes and clutches, in the seat base it's not really designed to be repaired and the best way to fix it is ti buy a used seat base at a salavage year and even on Ebay. Most Gm seat bases are nearly tyhe same as long as the model year is close as the same seat base fits alot of different vehicals. the manual seaty base will also fit if you want to do that as it'll fit too as long it's from about the same vehical. The salavage yards use a Hollander catalog that lets them figure out what willl work. The power and manual seat bases interchangwe as the same vehicals are made both ways. Some times you can get the seat base to go back together, like a cable came out of it's holder but once they start giving troble repaired ones mostly don't stay repaired very long. New ones are expensive and The Dealers don't stock them. I used to work in a rent a car place and peaple would rent one for a day and come back and say the seat wasn't working right and it was'nt even installed all the way. They just rented the car to take the seat base but their was no way we could prove it.

A huge saver for me was placing a foam "Swim Noodle" under the base of the car seat to take up the slack so that you have a tight and secure fit of the base in your car. You can easily cut one to size. One thing they don't tell you is that not all car seats are a good fit for all car models. If you do not have any foam noodles a rolled up bath towel may do the trick as well. I have tried both of these methods upon the suggestion of our local police department that helped me when my son was an infant. Good Luck.

i am uncertain what country you live in... but if you stop in at the police dept. fire dept or health unit in your area they will be more then happy to help you make sure the seat is fitted properly and safely.